Microsoft has been making a lot of claims as to how much more secure Windows Vista is than any previous Windows. This is a complete lie.

The thing that amazes me is how many foolish people have jumped mindlessly on this security bandwagon. What frustrates and shocks me is that many of these people should know better!

It must have been some time around 1998 when I first started fighting spam.

Back then, nobody cared much about spam. The meaning of the term wasn't even known outside the circles of computer geeks. I even had the ISP of one particular spammer call me names and tell me to find something better to do with my time. After all, the guy sending the spam wasn't hurting anyone, and I could just delete the email.

A coworker, Brian Seklecki, lives within the city of Pittsburgh. Like most cities, Pittsburgh has a recycling program. It's organized fairly well: you put recycling in blue garbage bags and non-recyclable garbage in bags of some color other than blue. The collection folks then know what to do with the bags.

Except there's apparently some confusion about the color.